Skau is a Norwegian and Danish habitational surname[1] from several small places or farmsteads situated in or near a forest.[2] Notable people with the surname include:

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  1. ^ "Skau Surname Meaning & Statistics". forebears.io. Retrieved 2020-04-28. Approximately 2,548 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: United States; Highest density in: Norway. A skau is a dence forest.
  2. ^ "Skau Name Meaning". ancestry.com. Retrieved 2020-04-28. Scandinavian: habitational name from a common farm name or place name, a form of Old Norse skógr 'wood', 'forest'.